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  • LEAHY, Sir John Henry Gladstone, KCMG (1928-2015)

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    Diplomat. RAF, 1950-52; FO, 1952-54 (Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1953-54); 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Singapore, 1955-57; FO, 1957-58; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Paris, 1958-62; FO, 1962-65; Head of Chancery, Tehran, 1965-68; Counsellor, FCO, 1969; Head of Personnel Services Department, 1969-70; Head of News Department, FCO, 1971-73; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris,…

  • GRANT, Ann (b. 1948)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971; Calcutta, 1973–75; Department of Energy, 1976–79; News Department, 1979; Head of Chancery and Consul, Maputo, 1981–84; First Secretary (Energy), Office of UK Permanent Representative to EU, Brussels, 1987–89, resigned; Communications Director, Oxfam, 1989–91; rejoined FCO, 1991; Head of Recruitment [? 1991-92]; Counsellor (Economic and Social Affairs), UK Mission to…

  • DOWSE, Timothy Michael, CMG (b. 1955)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1978; UN Department, Foreign Office, 1978–80; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Manila, 1980-82; Israeli language training, 1982-83; 1st Secretary and Press Officer, Tel Aviv, 1983-86; Economic Relations Department (ERD), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1986-88; Southern Africa Department, FCO, and Resident Clerk, 1988-90; Deputy Head, Gulf War Political/Military Emergency Unit, FCO, 1991; Assistant Head,…

  • DALES, Sir Richard Nigel, KCVO CMG (b. 1942)

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    Diplomat. Dales entered the Foreign Office in 1964, and in his diplomatic career served in the following posts: 3rd Secretary, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 1965–67; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968–70; 2nd Secretary, later 1st Secretary, Copenhagen, 1970–73; FCO, 1973; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1974–77; 1st Secretary, Head of Chancery and Consul, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1977–81; FCO,…

  • CRAWFORD, Charles Graham, CMG (b. 1954)

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    Diplomat. Entry to Diplomatic Service, 1979; FCO (South East Asia Department), 1979-80; 2nd, then 1st Secretary, Belgrade, 1981-84; FCO speechwriter, 1985-87; 1st Secretary, Pretoria and Cape Town, 1987-91; FCO (Soviet, then Eastern Department), 1991-93; Political Counsellor, Moscow, 1993-96; Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1996-98; Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard, 1998-99; Deputy Political Director, FCO,…